It was the TV moment that has already been named the "most awkward of 2016" , but Co Down mum Heather Greig has had a lovely surprise after her embarrassing gaffe on ITV's Ant and Dec Saturday Night Takeaway.

In last week's episode, Heather, from Newtownards, jumped up out of her seat in the audience thinking she had been selected to play 'Win the Ads' by the 'fickle finger of fate', only to realise it was the woman behind her.

But in an attempt to make it up to the 55-year-old, Ant and Dec gave her a special surprise on the show at the weekend.

Speaking to the duo from a Skype call in her home alongside her husband Cameron, Heather explained how she thought it was her chance to play 'Win the Ads'.

She explained: "The finger flew across the top of me, I saw it stop, I saw it flash and we'd been told to go for it, so I did.

"It has been crazy since last week's show, I've been tracked down by journalists, I've been on radio, we've gone viral, we've gone global, it's just been hectic."

To make it up to Heather, Ant and Dec surprised her with free passes to their final show of the series, which is coming live from a cruise ship in Barcelona.

Ant said: "Heather after the week you've had, we think you need to get away from it all, we think you need a break from the reporters and all the global fame and we think you need to go to Barcelona, so we're going to give you a cabin on the cruise."